The Map of
Human Thought

G.E.M. Anscombe was one of the most formidable analytic philosophers of the twentieth century, whose landmark work 'Intention' (1957) essentially founded the modern philosophical theory of action, and whose essay 'Modern Moral Philosophy' (1958) introduced the concept of 'consequentialism' (as a term of critique), revived virtue ethics, and transformed the …

“If someone really thinks, in advance, that it is open to question whether such an action as procuring the judicial execution of the innocent should be quite excluded from consideration …”